Pet hates, peeves, and bugbears!

[demicav]

Originally Posted by Zygiella

Chavs. They breed like Rabbits, get houses, benefits, never work, respect nothing and no-one, talk 'like tha innit like eh', have agressive dogs that foul everywhere, drive souped up cars, take drugs and drink and drive...........what purpose do they serve in society?

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Well I couldn't have said it better myself.

[Zygiella]

Originally Posted by mh68

I`ve had lads about 17/18yrs old knock on the door in years past "trick or treating"....needless to say they got told where to go
Just been cleaned out of all my spare change by 2 youngsters with their mums...like you i dont mind the younguns though
Also had old winos carol singing at the door at xmas.....aint this country great?!!!

Mark H

I had some trick or treaters on monday - i told them it wasnt Halloween yet - they said 'We've got football on Halloween' !! A likely story - theyl have tried it every night and tonight!

I told them to come back on xmas eve lol!

[Purplepixii]

Middle lane hoggers are my pet peeve. Mind you, they've stopped winding me up so much since I decided to just undertake them all (yes I know it's illegal but I can't resist miles of uncluttered lane all to myself )

It's good fun watching them either speed up as you level with them or realise afterwards that they've been undertaken and suddenly locate the inside lane

Oh and (this one is gonna get me shot but) flippin women who drive 4x4's but don't seem to have any concept of the width of their vehicle and ignore white line lane markings. Honestly - they should be made to drive smart cars for the rest of eternity!

[Billy Wobble Dagger]

Originally Posted by Purplepixii

[color="Purple"]Middle lane hoggers are my pet peeve. Mind you, they've stopped winding me up so much since I decided to just undertake them all (yes I know it's illegal but I can't resist miles of uncluttered lane all to myself )

It's good fun watching them either speed up as you level with them or realise afterwards that they've been undertaken and suddenly locate the inside lane

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Becareful purple pixie, with the number of cameras about it will only be a matter of time before you are caught, the police take a very grim view of undertaking. Far better, I think, to pull out from the slow lane fly accross behind them overtake in the fast lane and then fly accross in front of them back into the slow lane. Also made more effective if you have your headlights on.

BWD

[Jez]

Originally Posted by Billy Wobble Dagger

Becareful purple pixie, with the number of cameras about it will only be a matter of time before you are caught, the police take a very grim view of undertaking. Far better, I think, to pull out from the slow lane fly accross behind them overtake in the fast lane and then fly accross in front of them back into the slow lane. Also made more effective if you have your headlights on.

BWD

Yer matey it's simply better to uphold the highway code! it's for the benefit of all

[Purplepixii]

I know what you're saying BWD and you're right - in fact my bloke does that. I personally hate the fast lane so don't like using it any more than necessary. Besides, I know where the cameras are

[nightshade]

The people that drive consistently at ten to fifteen miles per hour below the indicated speed limit,there should be a minimum speed limit to prevent these PC Idiots, especially the constant brakers, they create long queues of
frustrated ordinary folk (which could lead to risk taking.)

[Jez]

Pepes who can't say thankee if i pull over for them. Good manners doon't cost anything!!!

[nightshade]

The bad (and dangerous habit) of drivers nowdays you know the ones;
The indicator comes on a fraction of a second AFTER they have pulled out
in front of you and THEN they check their mirror!!

[Jez]

Originally Posted by nightshade

The bad (and dangerous habit) of drivers nowdays you know the ones;
The indicator comes on a fraction of a second AFTER they have pulled out
in front of you and THEN they check their mirror!!

Yer them

[peppermint]

cars that sit in traffic in the cycle lane,

harmful chemicals in shampoo, conditioner, washing up liquid, food, cosmetics, toothpaste, drinks, to name a few. Natural is the way forward.

disposable nappies - whats wrong with washing and reusing cloth ones like my mum did.

fake tan and sunbeds - it makes me laugh when i see orange people who definatly have gone a bit too far on this one.

society's or should i say the media's?? perception of beauty as stick thin and plastered in make up. Magazines portraying this as something to strive to look like, and many young and old do. Eating disorders are increasing, especially amongst the young and seems to be getting hold of girls at even younger ages.

[almostnormal]

Ahem...pet peeves. I have been thinking on this, and this is my definitive top ten pet peeves and bugbears....

1. Middle Lane Hoggers...take the executive car sat at the same speed as the HGV in the inside lane and impeding my ability to drive at the 70mph I am accustomed to travelling on the motorways.

2. People who tuck their tracksuit bottoms into their socks. I do not understand this bizarre practice

3. People who tie their dog's doo doo bags to trees, thus allowing it to fester in an almost anaerobic environment and become horrible slimey stuff, which then leaks through the holes in the bag. Yuck.

4. People with bass boxes that you can hear coming from a mile away, and as they go past you your teeth start to rattle.

5. Walkers who suffer from the 'I'm not walking on the footpath, I'm walking wherever I want to and no-one is going to tell me otherwise' variety.

6. Pointless reality TV - for example Big Brother, Hell's Kitchen, X-Factor, The Osbournes.

7. People who ask me a question, which I then answer, and who then disagree with me and spend a not inconsiderable amount of time trying to convince me that I am in fact wrong. Why ask me in the first place?!?

8. Old people...now I'm going to qualify this. I don't mean all old people. I mean nasty old people. For example - I was on the train the other day and there was a little old lady stood near me. Having been brought up properly I offered my seat to the old lady, who told me that no she didn't want my seat, why should she, she was capable of standing thank you very much and shame on me for being patronising and assuming that she would want it. That told me, I went and sat back down feeling absolutely awful about offering my seat to the old lady.

9. Children (or indeed adults) who push the button at a pedestrian crossing and then walk off. Grrrr...How annoying for me as I am now stuck at the empty crossing watching the culprit waltz off sniggering having unneccessarily delayed me.

and finally....

10. Birders who look down their noses at me because I have less expensive binoculars, a less than encyclopedic knowledge of all British Bird species, brightly coloured wellies and a stripey scarf instead of sludge coloured clothes and leica optics. Shame on me, but surely I have just as much right to enjoy the reserve?!?

[nightshade]

9. Children (or indeed adults) who push the button at a pedestrian crossing and then walk off. Grrrr...How annoying for me as I am now stuck at the empty crossing watching the culprit waltz off sniggering having unneccessarily delayed me.

Or step onto the crossing and continue a conversation deliberately taking their time to inconvenience the working people (that support them financially
more often than not)in a study of arrogant defiance (the poor dears)

[The Black Rabbit]

Originally Posted by nightshade

deliberately taking their time to inconvenience the working people (that support them financially
more often than not)in a study of arrogant defiance (the poor dears)

Wo!
Thats a bit strong?!
That looks like you think that people who cross the road at pedestrian crossings are layabouts with no intention of getting a job, and all motorists are the workers?!
Have I missed something here?!

Doug

[nightshade]

Originally Posted by The Black Rabbit

Wo!
Thats a bit strong?!
That looks like you think that people who cross the road at pedestrian crossings are layabouts with no intention of getting a job, and all motorists are the workers?!
Have I missed something here?!

Doug

Not all pedestrians just the ones that hold me up

[almostnormal]

Originally Posted by nightshade

Or step onto the crossing and continue a conversation deliberately taking their time to inconvenience the working people (that support them financially more often than not) in a study of arrogant defiance (the poor dears)

i know what you mean! the groups of chavvy (can i say that on here?!? ) pushchair shoving lasses who are wandering about with their velour tracksuits with 'angelic' across the bum and their trackie clad bottoms tucked into socks other halfs and it takes them an hour to cross the road! hmpf!

[Cazzie]

Originally Posted by juliejam

..And guys who think they still have what it takes to pull a woman when they really dont have a chance in hell...

Julie

That's so funny... yet sadly so TRUE!

[Zygiella]

Originally Posted by almostnormal

i know what you mean! the groups of chavvy (can i say that on here?!? ) pushchair shoving lasses who are wandering about with their velour tracksuits with 'angelic' across the bum and their trackie clad bottoms tucked into socks other halfs and it takes them an hour to cross the road! hmpf!

Yep - the same lot of underage teenage 'parents (?!)' chavscum that feed their brats Greggs pasties and sausage rolls then throw the bag onto the pavement, dump dirty nappies on street corners and leave cider bottles and fag ends where they drop them

Litter - be it dog dirt, Chavdonald packages, coke cans - its the trademark of so many of the younger generation - it drives me mad - if you say anything to them you get a load of abuse - - they really are a waste of air

I know there are decent kids out there somewhere - I feel sorry for them - but are these careless chavs the generation we are trying to protect the environment for - do they know? do they even care???

[Adam Cheeseman]

Originally Posted by nightshade

The people that drive consistently at ten to fifteen miles per hour below the indicated speed limit,there should be a minimum speed limit to prevent these PC Idiots, especially the constant brakers, they create long queues of
frustrated ordinary folk (which could lead to risk taking.)

To quote Sussex Police. The speed limit is a maximum, not a target!

Says he who got done for speeding whilst chasing after a Pectoral Sandpiper.

Cheers,

Adam

[demicav]

Originally Posted by Zygiella

Yep - the same lot of underage teenage 'parents (?!)' chavscum that feed their brats Greggs pasties and sausage rolls then throw the bag onto the pavement, dump dirty nappies on street corners and leave cider bottles and fag ends where they drop them

Litter - be it dog dirt, Chavdonald packages, coke cans - its the trademark of so many of the younger generation - it drives me mad - if you say anything to them you get a load of abuse - - they really are a waste of air

I know there are decent kids out there somewhere - I feel sorry for them - but are these careless chavs the generation we are trying to protect the environment for - do they know? do they even care???

These are the type of people I will not allow my children to mix with.

[Zygiella]

Originally Posted by demicav

These are the type of people I will not allow my children to mix with.

Good fo you Demicav

It must be a tough time for decent kids these days - and I have a lot of respect for people like yourself who educate your children about the environment - my mam taught me all the names of flowers when I was about 3 and I still remember them! (and that was a long time ago)

What a shame these chavs seem to proliferate and worship so called 'celebrities' and aspire to 'WAGS' and 'chat' magazine rubbish - they should be forced to take responsibility for the damage they do to the environment - but its trendier to be wearing a playboy velour tracksuit and pushing a buggy than a pair of hiking boots and getting out and doing something for the environment.........

[Purplepixii]

Originally Posted by almostnormal

9. Children (or indeed adults) who push the button at a pedestrian crossing and then walk off. Grrrr...How annoying for me as I am now stuck at the empty crossing watching the culprit waltz off sniggering having unneccessarily delayed me.

*hides*
I am sooooo guilty of doing that as a child and a (drunk) adult!
*giggle*